The backlog on the issuance of vehicle license plates by the Land Transportation Office (LTO) is expected to get worse after the agency admitted on Friday that new batch of plates that arrived in the country recently were put on hold by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) because the supplier was unable to settle the corresponding duties for the items.

Jason Salvador, LTO spokesman, said the license plates shipped into the country by the joint venture of Knieriem BV Goes and Power Plates Development Concept Inc. (JKG-PPI), have not been released because the supplier still needs to pay the necessary taxes.

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